[Metalab] Hands-On GIT Workshop

[Chris Hager]

Hello!

Thanks for participating in the first Git workshop session yesterday! Next
time we will start "projects" in small groups to slowly get into practicing
techniques and workflows. The second session will be in 2 weeks, on *Tuesday
10.5.2014, 19:00* (and I'll be a bit better prepared for such a large
group). :)

I'd like to invite everyone not quite familiar with single-user Git
workflows to come to a small "beginner workshop" where we can practice
everything for 1 or 2 hours. Lets meet next week on *Tuesday 3.5.2014,
19:00* in the Metalab Library.

Thanks to everyone contributing to the shared PiratePad (really cool to see
notes and questions being collected in the background), and to Phileas and
the others who cleaned up the shared PiratePad (now in our workshop repo:
https://github.com/metachris/metalab-git-workshop/blob/master/NOTES-2014-05-27.md
).

Also, *we got mailing list: *git-workshop at lists.metalab.at! All future Git
workshop communication will happen there, so please sign up (
https://lists.metalab.at/mailman/listinfo/git-workshop).

Finally I'd like to collect a little bit of feedback. If you have a few
minutes, filling out this 5 question survey would be appreciated:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KHDY25J

Cheers,
Chris

If you want something to practice, try to update your git-workshop fork
with the new upstream changes. If you want to exercise more, try this:

1. Create a local repo and make a few commits
2. Create 2 new branches where you make commits, then merge everything into
master
3. Create a test Github repository, add this remote to your local git
repository, and push your changes
4. Create a feature branch with a few commits
5. Push the feature branch to Github
6. On the Github web interface, create a pull request for your feature
branch to master

More exercises: http://jnthn.net/training/git/exercises.pdf

Feel encouraged to chat about the exercises on the
git-workshop at lists.metalab.at mailing list


On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Chris Hager <chris at linuxuser.at> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> Great to see so much interest in the Git workshop, and I'm looking forward
> to the first session on the upcoming *Tuesday (27.5.2014, 19:00,
> Hauptraum)*. The part-1 session will cover the basics and some
> intermediate techniques; feel encouraged to come to this first session if
> you want to know more about Git!
>
> So far about 25 people expressed their basic interest to attend, and I've
> been thinking long and hard how to do this workshop with a larger group. I
> think for the workshop to still be hands-on, we'll need to cap it at 15
> people per evening and just repeat the part-1 session another evening with
> second group if there is enough interest.
>
> *If you want to attend, please let me know by attempting task 1* [1]
> (it's very easy)!
>
> If need be we'll queue first come first serve with preferential queueing
> for members. If you'd like to attend the following, more advanced sessions,
> please come to a part-1 session as well (if you're bored you can help or
> just tune out : ).
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> [1] https://metalab.at/wiki/GIT_Workshop_2014
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Chris Hager <chris at linuxuser.at> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> A hands-on GIT workshop in two or more parts is happening! First evening
>> will be Tue, 27.5.2014 (today in 2 Weeks). All skill levels are welcome --
>> if you are curious, feel invited to join!
>>
>> https://metalab.at/wiki/GIT_Workshop_2014
>>
>> *About Me*
>>
>> I've been using GIT for about 6 years professionally, from small projects
>> to open-source contributions to large production systems and deployment
>> toolchains (eg. for MeetMe, one of the largest social networks in the USA
>> with ~60mio members) and am fairly fluent with most GIT workflows. I'm
>> happy to help people get a fun and efficient start with GIT.
>>
>> My Jabber handle is metachris at jabber.metalab.at if you want to contact
>> me via IM.
>>
>> Feedback and ideas are appreciated!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> - Chris
>>
>>
>
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